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- Vanessa Aponteβs career is out of this world β quite literally. A systems engineer focused on human spaceflight and landing systems, she has spent the past two decades pursuing humanityβs final frontier. Originally from Puerto Rico, Aponte first
- Lindsay Kirk (AeroEngrβ08) fully realizes her day job at NASAβs Johnson Space Center as part of the Commercial Crew Program is a special one. Itβs a high-profile post that has her working closely with Boeing and SpaceX, overseeing their aerothermal
- βHe knew from when he was five or six years old that he was going to be launching rockets. His love was always of aerospace.β Chad Keller (AeroEngrβ93) grew up drawn to math, science, and sports, and had a deep concern for others. A unique
- Four ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ aerospace graduate students have been named 2021 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST). Daniel da Silva, Sarah Luettgen, Riley Reid, and Kevin Sacca have each earned the
- This week leaders from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and other ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ affiliates participated in the 36th Space Symposium. This international meeting, held each year in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
- The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ is welcoming three new faculty members. Meet the team and see why we're so excited about these talented new hires:
- The U.S. Space Force expanded its University Partnership Program at the University of Colorado during a memorandum of understanding signing event Aug. 20. Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson joined University of Colorado
- The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ is once again offering a program that allows qualifying PhD applicants to waive their application fees until November 15, 2021. The program is intended to support our college's strategic
- For the first time in at least two decades β and possibly ever β CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅βs Student Government (CUSG) is being led by an aerospace engineer. Ben Capeloto, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering and minoring in computer science, was elected in
- Smithsonian Magazine interviewed BioServe Research Associate Tobias Niederwieser for a new article on refrigerators aboard the International Space Station and other spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit.
Niederwieser led work on BioServe's ISS FRIDGE, which has been...